Professional Nursing: Concepts &
Challenges, 8e
Chapter 1: Nursing Today: A Time of Transformation
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which of the following could eventually change the historical status of nursing as a
female-dominated profession?
a. More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs
b. The proportion of men in nursing beginning to increase
c. More male graduates of basic nursing programs entering the workplace
d. Salary compensation increasing to attract more men
ANS: C
Feedback
A More men graduating from baccalaureate and higher degree programs
is not the best answer because associate degree programs produce the
most new graduates.
B The percentage of men in nursing has increased 50% since 2000.
C The more men who enter the workplace as nurses, the less nursing will
be seen as a female-dominated profession.
D Salary rates do not appear to relate to the recruitment of men into
nursing.

DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 2
2. The racial and ethnic composition of the nursing profession will change to more
accurately reflect the population as a whole when
a. the increased numbers of racial and ethnic minorities enrolled in
educational programs graduate and begin to practice.
b. the number of Asians or Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders begins to
increase.
c. the percentage of African-American and Hispanic nurses decreases
more than the percentage of white nurses.
d. the nonwhite portion of the general population decreases.
ANS: A
Feedback
A A larger percentage of minorities are enrolled in nursing educational
programs than previously.
B Asians and Native Hawaiian-Pacific Islanders are over represented in
nursing compared to their percentage of the general population.
C Not only would the percentage of African-American and Hispanic
nurses need to increase, the percentage of white nurses would have to
decrease in order to more accurately reflect the population as a whole.
D The nonwhite portion of the general population is not likely to
decrease.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Comprehension REF: p. 3
3. Which of the following is a correct statement about the registered nurse (RN)
population?
a. The racial/ethnic composition of RNs closely resembles that of the
general population.

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